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  • Oh like confusing “language” and “linguistics”

    No, that was you trying to slip out of explaining why you would write to someone with no knowledge of grammar.

    You still don’t understand that there are no “correct definitions” in colloquial language

    You don't understand that there being none doesn't lend wight to you "not a hard N" argument.

    I disagree with you but that doesn't mean I care if my username became associated with getting something wrong on an Internet forum with like 20 people on it.

    Talking to you was a mistake, as you're clearly a deeply unpleasant person who can't handle somone politely disagreeing with you. Now that I've admitted a mistake I've made, how do we reconcile that with what you say here?

    This isn’t about antisemitism, this isn’t about Israel. This is about you, personally, not being big enough to be able to accept having made mistakes, having been stupid publicly. I know a lot of people like that. Most grew out of that by the time we left grade school, but a minority didn’t, and never will. So I really hope you’re still of the age to be in grade school.

    I admitted the same mistake before already. So, despite admitting as mistake to you already, you still said all of that.

    And you just went on and on and on

    • explaining why you would write to someone with no knowledge of grammar.

      This is the third time I've said this. You acquire the rules of grammar through language acquisition, which is an inherent property in humans. Just like you don't need to study medicine to be able to know how to breathe, you don't need to study linguistics to be able to understand grammar. This is stated very clearly in the very simply written Wikipedia article, which you refuse to read, because you're a willfully ignorant dolt. You're afraid of looking dumb, so you double down and look even dumber.

      You've admitted to no mistakes. You can't say "I was wrong". You can't. You can't say that. You're unable to.

      You wrote "If I didn’t understand "the very basis of linguistics, why would you write to me? Come on now. Think before you talk." What you meant is "If I don't understand the language we're using, how are you able to communicate to me", thinking you have some sort of gotcha. Then I point out that linguistics and language are nowhere near synonyms. You get ashamed that you've been stupid and double down. And now there's three replies from you again, because you're being emotional, because you can't admit to not understanding linguistics.

      Come on now. Think before you write. Please.

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